If you want the perfect summer soup and one that goes perfect with a great salad you found it. The shrimp, chickpeas and light tomato broth compliments each other. Follow the link below for the full recipe! Italian ChickPea Shrimp Soup Diavolo for the full...

Sopa de camarao/ Shrimp or prawn soup is a light creamy soup with the bold flavors of shrimps/prawns. This is a soup of the portuguese past days in Goa. I guess in our household we ate a lot of vegetable soup with macaroni and bread soup made from previous...

Spring has sprung here in North Carolina, in all it’s glory, and it almost takes my breath away each time I venture out. I find myself intoxicated by the sight of dogwoods, ornamental cherries, daffodils, tulips and flowering jasmine – all in full bloom...

Preparation: 5 min - Cooking: 25 min EverydayMaven™ One of my favorite meal-in-bowl soups is Tom Kha. When you think about it, it really is a perfect meal, especially if you toss in a handful of veggies right before you serve it. It’s naturally low carb and dairy free, easily gluten free,...

The New Year has come and gone, and the winter weather continues in full strength. Obviously, this means one thing and one thing only….yep, that’s right! It’s time for a new soup recipe. I kind of feel like a broken record (to put it mildly), but soups...

Wow! What do you think of my picture of this spicy Asian inspired soup? I’m working on my food photography skills folks, and boy does it show – not in a good way. The images of this gingery, garlicky shrimp soup are on the grainy side, but it was such satisfying...

Andalucian people consume a lot of seafood - especially langostinos - Spanish shrimps. Red ones are precooked and can be enjoyed as is. The grey ones are raw. Both are widely available from fish counters in different sizes. We buy the grey ones quite often....

This little fiesta of seafood flavours happen as a spontaneous combination of my available ingredients. I found some lovely succulent shrimp and ended up making this deliciously satisfying dish that’s something between a soup and stir fry, with all the...

My love affair with Thai cuisine didn't really start off as a love affair. In fact, years ago when I first tasted something which was in my opinion, an apology of Thai cuisine. I ate at some random hut in a food court in a mall in Bangkok. Disliked it so...

Preparation: 5 min - Cooking: 10 min EverydayMaven™ Right now, all I have been wanting is soup. For lunch. For dinner. In a mug as a snack. Not too surprising since I am always proclaiming my undying love for soup and it’s been cold and grey here lately. Not nearly as cold as most of the country...

Delicious fresh, light, complex, wonderful soup.Yesterday I simmered the bits (backs, necks, wing tips) from the six chickens purchased and frozen a couple of weeks ago. The result was a rich and aromatic stock that will be the base for tonight's supper...

I was all for soup year-round until summer 2012 hit. This summer, the temperatures have been miserable and I thank my lucky stars that our 17-year-old A/C unit hasn’t caught aflame…::knock on wood:: For the first summer ever, soup has been out. Not an option....

It’s official…DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s Summertime is playing on my internal sound system. Loud. The weather has been incredible, the days are getting longer and even pasty little me is sprouting some sunshine freckle love. My weekly menu is...

Everytime I make this soup I think of the 1980's in St. Thomas, USVI. There was a marvelous cafe in the St. Thomas sub-base area called L'Escargot...succeeded in making a creamy black bean soup with sherried shrimp that everyone loved.

I had a really neat thing happen to me on Tuesday. I haven’t yet shared that I’m filling in a few days a month at my old dialysis unit, but I am. And I was there this week on Tuesday. … Continue reading →